U+11FD7 "ð‘¿—" Tamil Sign Aazhaakku Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+11FD7 "ð‘¿—" Tamil Sign Aazhaakku is a historic numeral or measure sign used in Tamil inscriptions and manuscripts, specifically representing a unit of measurement for depth or quantity, often interpreted as a "measure" or "handful." It belongs to the Unicode block Tamil Supplement, and was encoded as part of the effort to preserve and digitize ancient Tamil textual symbols that appear in stone carvings and palm-leaf documents. The sign is distinct from standard Tamil numerals and serves a specialized epigraphic purpose, aiding scholars in accurately transcribing and interpreting historical records of trade, land measurement, or agricultural practice.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11FD7 |
| Version Added | 12.0 |
| Name | Tamil Sign Aazhaakku |
| Block | Tamil Supplement |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𑿗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𑿗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x91 0xBF 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD807 0xDFD7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00011FD7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud807\udfd7 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Tamil |
| Script Extensions | Tamil |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |